On September 10, 2025, the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA) and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) shut down two businesses for illegal cannabis sales.
The Closure Orders were executed at Chocolate City Wellness, a licensed retailer, and Citgo Gas Station, an unlicensed retailer, due to activities that posed an imminent danger to public health and safety, specifically the sale of illegal cannabis products that were untested by a licensed testing laboratory and lacked the required labeling.
The operation was part of the city's ongoing enforcement efforts following the enactment of the Medical Cannabis Conditional License and Unlicensed Establishment Closure Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, which granted ABCA new civil enforcement powers. Since the bill took effect on July 15, 2024, joint agency efforts have resulted in the padlocking of 71 illegal cannabis businesses.
Seizure and Arrest Details
Chocolate City Wellness (1723 Connecticut Avenue NW)
- Marijuana: 4.8 pounds
- Mushroom Edibles: 10.64 Grams
- THC Concentrate: 9,158.1 Grams
- THC Edibles: 16,329.33 Grams
- THC Vapes: 122.5 Grams
- US Currency: $4,748
- Arrests: Thirty-seven-year-old Jonathan Robinson and 56-year-old Michael Harper Thomas, both of Oxon Hill, MD
Citgo Gas Station (2300 Pennsylvania Avenue SE)
- Marijuana: 1.7 pounds
- US Currency: $2,784.01
The public can continue to support enforcement efforts by reporting suspected illegal cannabis businesses online at abca.dc.gov/service/complaint. Submissions can be made anonymously. To locate a licensed medical cannabis Retailer, visit abca.dc.gov/service/find-medical-cannabis-retailer.
Questions regarding:
- Medical cannabis licensing and enforcement should be directed to ABCA at [email protected].
- Illegal product seizure and arrests should be directed to MPD at [email protected].